Vincent Lam (Queensland): "Physics and metaphysics of ontic structural realism"
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The 'traditional' conception of nature (e.g. from Aristotle to Einstein and Lewis) considers the world as being made up of independently existing entities that possess some intrinsic identity and individuality and that stand in relations to one another. It has been claimed that current fundamental…
Jonathan Tapsell (ANU): "Conceivabilism and the elucidation of knowledge of de re necessity"
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How, if at all, can we have knowledge of the mind-independent facts of de re modality? According to conceivabilism, the faculty of conception can yield such knowledge, and it can do so without reliance on the modal deliverances of any other source. Contra this doctrine, Sonia Roca-Royes (2011) has…
Stephan Leuenberger (Glasgow): "Grounding and Necessity"
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Philosophical theses are sometimes put by saying that one class of facts grounds another such class. Recently, several authors have tried to clarify and regiment such talk of grounding, and have asked about what features the relation of grounding has. The orthodox view is that grounding is a…